Treaty with The Sioux - Sisseton and Wahpeton Bands

July 23, 1851

Articles of a treaty made and concluded at Traverse des
Sioux, upon the Minnesota River, in the Territory of Minnesota,
on the twenty-third day of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-one,
between the United States of America, by Luke Lea, Commissioner
of Indian Affairs, and Alexander Ramsey, governor and ex-officio
superintendent of Indian affairs in said Territory, commissioners
duly appointed for that purpose, and See-see-toan and Wah-pay-toan
bands of Dakota or Sioux Indians.

Article 1.

It is stipulated and solemnly agreed that the peace and friendship
now so happily existing between the United States and the
aforesaid bands of Indians, shall be perpetual.

Article 2.

The said See-see-toan and Wah-pay-toan bands of Dakota or
Sioux Indians, agree to cede, and do hereby cede, sell, and
relinquish to the United States, all their lands in the State
of Iowa; and, also all their lands in the Territory of Minnesota,
lying east of the following line, to wit: Beginning at the
junction of the Buffalo River with the Red River of the North;
thence along the western bank of said Red River of the North,
to the mouth of the Sioux Wood River; thence along the western
bank of said Sioux Wood River to Lake Traverse; thence, along
the western shore of said lake, to the southern extremity
thereof; thence in a direct line, to the junction of Kampeska
Lake with the Tchan-kas-an-data, or Sioux River; thence along
the western bank of said river to its point of intersection
with the northern line of the State of Iowa; including all
the islands in said rivers and lake.

Article 3.

[Stricken out.]

Article 4.

In further and full consideration of said cession, the United
States agree to pay to said Indians the sum of one million
six hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars ($1,665,000,)
at the several times, in the manner and for the purposes following,
to wit:

1st. To the chiefs of the said bands, to enable them to settle
their affairs and comply with their present just engagement;
and in consideration of their removing themselves to the country
set apart for them as above, which they agree to do within
two years, or sooner, if required by the President, without
further cost or expense to the United States, and in consideration
of their subsisting themselves the first year after their
removal, which they agree to do without further cost or expense
on the part of the United States, the sum of two hundred and
seventy-five thousand dollars, ($275,000): Provided, That
said sum shall be paid to the chiefs in such manner as they,
hereafter, in open council shall request, and as soon after
the removal of said Indians to the home set apart for them,
as the necessary appropriation therefor shall be made by Congress.

2d. To be laid out under the direction of the President for
the establishment of manual-labor schools; the erection of
mills and blacksmith shops, opening farms, fencing and breaking
land, and for such other beneficial objects as may be deemed
most conducive to the prosperity and happiness of said Indians,
thirty thousand dollars, ($30,000.)

The balance of said sum of one million six hundred and sixty-five
thousand dollars, ($1,665,000,) to wit: one million three
hundred and sixty thousand dollars ($1,360,000) to remain
in trust with the United States, and five per cent interest
thereon to be paid, annually, to said Indians for the period
of fifty years, commencing the first day of July, eighteen
hundred and fifty-two (1852,) which shall be in full payment
of said balance, principal and interest, the said payment
to be applied under the direction of the President, as follows,
to wit:

3d. For a general agricultural improvement and civilization
fund, the sum of twelve thousand dollars, ($12,000.)

4th. For educational purposes, the sum of six thousand dollars,
($6,000.)

5th. For the purchase of goods and provisions, the sum of
ten thousand dollars, ($10,000.)

6th. For money annuity, the sum of forty thousand dollars,($40,000.)

Article 5.

The laws of the United States, prohibiting the introduction
and sale of spirituous liquors in the Indian country shall
be in full force and effect throughout the territory hereby
ceded and lying in Minnesota until otherwise directed by Congress
or the President of the United States.

Article 6.

Rules and regulations to protect the rights of persons and
property among the Indians, parties to this treaty, and adapted
to their condition and wants, may be prescribed and enforced
in such manner as the President or the Congress of the United
States, from time to time, shall direct.

In testimony whereof, the said Commissioners, Luke Lea and
Alexander Ramsey, and the undersigned Chiefs and Headmen of
the aforesaid See-see-toan and Wah-pay-toan bands of Dakota
or Sioux Indians, have hereunto subscribed their names and
affixed their seals, in duplicate, at Traverse des Sioux,
Territory of Minnesota, this twenty-third day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-one.

L. Lea, [SEAL.]

Alex. Ramsey, [SEAL.]

Een-yang-ma-nee (Rnnning Walker or "The Gun,")

Wee-tchan-h' pee-ee-tay-toan, (the Star face or the "Orphan,")

Ee-tay-wa-keen-yan, ("Limping Devil" or "Thunder Face,")

Eesh-ta-hum-ba, ("Sleepy Eyes,")

Oo-pee-ya-hen-day-a, (Extending his train,)

Hoak-shee-dan-wash-tay, (Good Boy,)

Ee-tay-tcho-ka, (Face in the midst,)

Hay-ha-hen-day-ma-za, (Metal Horn,)

Am-pay-too-sha, (Red Day,)

Eesh-ta-humba-koash-ka, (Sleepy Eyes young,)

A na-wang-ma-nee, (Who goes galloping on,)

Ma-h'pee-wee-tchash-ta, (Cloud man,)

Tan-pa-hee-da, (Sounding Moccasin,)

Eenk-pa, (the upper end,)

Wee-yoa-kee-yay, (Standard,)

Wa-kan-man-nee, (Walking Spirit,)

Ee-tay-sha, (the one that reddens his face,)

Ta-ka-ghay, (Elk maker,)

Wa-ma-ksoon-tay, ("Walnut," or Blunt headed arrow,)

Ma-za-sh'a, (Metal Sounding,)

Ya-shoa-pee, (The wind instrument,)

Noan-pa keen-yan, (Twice Flying,)

Wash-tay-da, (Good, a little,)

Wa-keen-yan-ho-ta, (Grey Thunder,)

Wa-shee-tchoon-ma-za, (Iron French man,)

Ta-pe-ta-tan-ka, (His Big fire,)

Ma-h'pee-ya-h'na-shkan-shkan, (Moving Cloud,)

Wa-na-pay-a, (The pursuer,)

Ee-tcha-shkan-shkan-ma-nee, (Who walks shaking,)

Ta-wa-kan-he-day-ma-za, (His Metal Lighthing,)

Ee-tay doo-ta, (Red Face,)

Henok-marpi-yahdi-nape, (Reappearing Cloud,)

Tchan-hedaysh-ka-ho-toan-ma-nee, (the moving sounding Harp)

Ma-zaku-te-ma-ni, (Metal walks shooting,)

A-kee-tchee-ta, (Standing Soldier.)

Signed in presence of Thomas Foster, Secretary. Nathaniel
McLean, Indian Agent.

Alexander Faribault,

Stephen R. Riggs,

Interpreters.

A. S. H. White;

Thos. S. Williamson;

W. C. Henderson;

A. Jackson;

James W. Boal;

W. G. Le Duc;

Alexis Bailly;

H. L. Dousman;

Hugh Tyler.

To the Indian names are subjoined marks.

SUPPLEMENTAL ARTICLE.

1st. The United States do hereby stipulate to pay the Sioux
bands of Indians, parties to this treaty, at the rate of ten
cents per acre, for the lands included in the reservation
provided for in the third article of the treaty as originally
agreed upon in the following words:

Article 3.

In part consideration of the foregoing cession, the United
States do hereby set apart for the future occupancy and home
of the Dakota Indians, parties to this treaty, to be held
by them as Indian lands are held, all that tract of country
on either side of the Minnesota River, from the western boundary
of the lands herein ceded, east, to the Tchay-tam-bay River
on the north, and to Yellow Medicine River on the south side,
to extend, on each side, a distance of not less than ten miles
from the general course of said river; the boundaries of said
tract to be marked out by as straight lines as practicable,
whenever deemed expedient by the President, and in such manner
as he shall direct:" which article has been stricken
out of the treaty by the Senate, the said payment to be in
lieu of said reservation: the amount when ascertained under
instructions from the Department of the Interior, to be added
to the trust-fund provided for in the fourth article.

2d. It is further stipulated, that the President be authorized,
with the assent of the said band of Indians, parties to this
treaty, and as soon after they shall have given their assent
to the foregoing article, as may be convenient, to cause to
be set apart by appropriate landmarks and boundaries, such
tracts of country without the limits of the cession made by
the first [2d] article of the treaty as may be satisfactory
for their future occupancy and home: Provided, That the President
may, by the consent of these Indians, vary the conditions
aforesaid if deemed expedient.